S & E Asia 69 - Myanmar 09: Yangon 9 - Shwedagon Pagoda: Main pagoda plus more
Mar 13, 2022 16:18:21 #
srfmhg wrote:
Great shots Joe. I love #3!
Thanks Mark, I am having a hard time selecting a favorite, to me they are all unique in their own different ways.
Mar 13, 2022 16:57:22 #
Many thanks. I also have no problem with one-star or even no-star hotels, provided a minimum level of hygiene is maintained. My comment was directed not at the quality of the furnishings, etc., but at the presence of rats in the dining room and the food poisoning that three of us got. And, of course, if the Burmese expect hordes of tourists, most of them would be unlikely to have as relaxed an attitude as you and I appear to have. Incidentally, I spent a fair amount of time wandering around the streets of Yangon. I even made a great find. It was a copy of the geography book that had been the prescribed text in my high school days in Pakistan. It was dedicated by the author (L. Dudley Stamp) to his wife, "in memory of bullock cart days and Irrawaddy nights." Memorable and touching. It appears that the Stamps had spent a number of years in Burma.
Mar 13, 2022 17:14:37 #
khalidikram wrote:
Many thanks. I also have no problem with one-star ... (show quote)
Great Khalid, looks you and I tick alike! - talking about bullock carts: that reminds me of working for a few weeks in Karachi in 1969 - I was out there with a team of bank auditors. We were doing fairly long hours and getting out of the office at night and trying to find a taxi for transportation to the hotel wasn't the easiest tasks and I do remember riding in a few animal powered contraptions that might as well have included a bullock-cart!
Mar 13, 2022 20:49:41 #
Another great set, thanks for posting. I also visited Inle Lake and Began (including a dawn balloon ride) but did not return with the very high quality images you have posted.
Mar 14, 2022 01:31:10 #
RodM wrote:
Another great set, thanks for posting. I also visited Inle Lake and Began (including a dawn balloon ride) but did not return with the very high quality images you have posted.
Thanks Rod for looking in on the tour again, glad to hear that you enjoyed the set. Tomorrow will be my last post on Yangon and then we will start the visit of Bagan, another fascinating place in this interesting country, as you know. With the immense amount of structures strewn all over the Bagan plain, I am sure you will find more places in my upcoming posts that are also familiar to you. After Bagan, we will tackle Mandalay before making it to Inle Lake. In between, I will have to take some time off posting as I am hoping that at the end of April we will be able to undertake a many-times postponed trip over to Europe to see our families. I am glad that some of these pictures from Myanmar can awaken memories from your trip to this fascinating land.
Mar 14, 2022 10:14:49 #
Mar 14, 2022 11:00:59 #
khalidikram wrote:
In Karachi it is more likely to have been a camel cart.
Very possible, Khalid, I just remember that we had some rather unusual situations.
Mar 14, 2022 13:06:40 #
weberwest wrote:
For your reference:
Incredible, Phenomenal, and Overwhelmingly Amazing, Joe!
Mar 14, 2022 13:13:10 #
Bubalola wrote:
Incredible, Phenomenal, and Overwhelmingly Amazing, Joe!
Thank you Eugene, it truly was quite a place of superlatives!
Mar 14, 2022 20:25:59 #
GreyOwl40
Loc: Quebec City
Wow, each picture certainly is worth a thousand words, Joe! I guess that no western religious structure can quite match the worth of this one.
Mar 14, 2022 20:34:51 #
GreyOwl40 wrote:
Wow, each picture certainly is worth a thousand words, Joe! I guess that no western religious structure can quite match the worth of this one.
Welcome back John, I just realized that I haven't seen you for a while. You are quite right, by pure monetary value of the gold (as they estimate 9 - 60 tons) that would be very hard to beat. But then there are other values to consider: How do you value the priceless paintings at St Peter's in Rome for instance. Anyway - glad to see you back and enjoying the images of the cultural riches displayed here! Joe
Mar 15, 2022 20:49:53 #
Wonderful set Joe. The Shwedagon Pagoda is so ornate and detailed... truly amazing and beautiful.
Mar 15, 2022 21:10:58 #
Vince68 wrote:
Wonderful set Joe. The Shwedagon Pagoda is so ornate and detailed... truly amazing and beautiful.
Thank you Vince, I am happy to hear that you enjoyed the images of this extraordinary place.
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